but it seems that there are, in tripoli, to call him the mayor of tripoli, who would not have liked meto come in libya. so i am not banned in libya, not at all. the prime minister, again, is my-- the prime minister is a man whom you see on the board of my movie. i hope you will see it, on my right side and the cross of loren, which is the emblem of the free french during the war against fascism. he is close to me. we just prayed on the graves of the french soldiers dead in libya in 1942-1943. he is my friend. he is a friend of france. he is a friend of the west. i'm not banned. but, but, i am probably, yes, banned by a minority of morons, extremists -- >> rose: let me just understand, could you having to libya with president sarkozy. >> of course, of course. >> rose: why did you not? >> this is life. i had this day a program and i had said to president sarkozy a few days before that, unfortunately, i could not join him. because i could not join him had because of my scheduled because of my program. >> rose: this is the "daily beast" and i'm trying to understand this. how have i become

and both benghazi and tripoli would have been at value.ey would have been high threat, high priority. so, why didn't they have the appropriate security there? >> well, if they're initiating attacks and we don't listen to the brits, we don't listen to the libyans and we're not listening to ambassador stevens, you could say incompetence or blood on their hands or an utter inability to see what's in the attack there? >> i think so. and again, we have access to sources and we know that stevens' last journal entry was never ending security threats dot, dot, dot. and when you look at who is responsible at the state department and hillary clinton and who handles ops. a name we need to focus on patrick kennedy. he handles the administration, dictating policy, the allocation of security rehe sources and really, you know, the buck does stop with him and as liz was staying they could have gotten there in 90 minutes and help these guys out. and the president got briefed at five o'clock and he was gone. didn't even, wasn't curious about what was happen

and both benghazi and tripoli would have been at value.uld have been high threat, high priority. so, why didn't they have the appropriate security there? >> well, if they're initiating attacks and we don't listen to the brits, we don't listen to the libyans and we're not listening to ambassador stevens, you could say incompetence or blood on their hands or an utter inability to see what's in the attack there? >> i think so. and again, we have access to sources and we know that stevens' last journal entry was never ending security threats dot, dot, dot. and when you look at who is responsible at the state department and hillary clinton and who handles ops. a name we need to focus on patrick kennedy. he handles the administration, dictating policy, the allocation of security rehe sources and really, you know, the buck does stop with him and as liz was staying they could have gotten there in 90 minutes and help these guys out. and the president got briefed at five o'clock and he was gone. didn't even, wasn't curious about what was happening.

. >> these assyrian refugees have made it to safety in tripoli, lebanon, but there living conditions are difficult, and have little prospect of finding work -- these syrian refugees. the number of refugees now tops 1 million. rebels seeking to oust the president want weapons. in brussels, the free syrian army's chief of staff says if his troops were better equipped, the regime would be gone in days. >> we need weapons and ammunition. to stop killing, to defend ourselves, and to defend our citizens. >> while the arab league says members can provide weapons, the european union has an arms embargo in place. some countries are providing non-legal support. britain says it will deliver armored vehicles, body armor, and rescue equipment to the vehicles. >> each month of violence in syria means more death, wider destruction, larger numbers of refugees, and bloody military confrontation. international military cannot stand still in the face of this reality. >> the reality for the syrian people book inside and outside the country remains bleak. there is little sign the fighting will end soon.

, libya's capital. >> tripoli just fell.three days they had control of the entire city, which no one had expected. and gadhafi and his whole family fled. there was a lot of excitement in the country because it seemed like it was over. >> but it isn't over. not while gadhafi and his sons remain in hiding. until october 20th, 2011. that day tracy shelton is with a group of militia fighters she's been profiling for months. >> that morning some of the guys from the battalion had gone into cert, and i'd gone in with them. >> around 8:30 a.m. a heavily armored convoy of around 70 vehicles is seen leaving surt, gadhafi's hometown and his last remaining stronghold. >> there were snipers all over the city that were set up to protect the convoy. everybody knew there was somebody important in this group. >> nato forces bombed the caravan from the air. dozens are killed. >> there were a lot of survivors that had run into bushes, into houses in this area. >> as rebel fighters prepare to head to the site of the convoy bombing, shelton ask

libya's capital. >> tripoli just fell within three days they had control of the entire city which no had expected. and gadhafi and his family fled. there was a lot of kpooimt in the country because it seemed like it was over. >> but it isn't over. not while gadhafi and his sons remain in hiding. until october 20th, 2011. that day tracy shelton is with a group of militia members she's been profiling for months. >> some of the guys went into sert. i went with them. >> a heavy convoy of vehicles is heading to his last remaining stronghold. >> there were snipers all over the city set up to protect the convoy. everybody knew there was someone important in this group. >> nato forces bombed the caravan from the air. dozens are killed. >> there were a lot of survivors who had run into bushes and housing in this area. >> as rebel fighters prepare to go, shelton asks to go along wi but they refused. >> that was the only time they said no. it was dangerous in there. >> as soon as they discover who was in the convoy and what has happened, they send for her. shelton is the first western journalis

we evacuated our embassy in tripoli. why in the world did the plane take you to tripoli and didn't get you back to germany until 10:00 p.m. that night? we want to learn so many things about the warnings and what happened getting them out of there. then how do we find the perpetrators. bill: listen, we want to bring you back. we'll be in touch with others too once they get a look at talking points circulated between the cia, the state department and the white house and what it might tell us what happened on september 11th. jason chaffetz, thank you for your time. >> thank you, bill. bill: martha. martha: this is disturbing. this new warning for anybody set to enter a hospital anytime soon. there is super bugs that kills up to half of the patients who goat this bacteria into their system. we'll tell you what you need to know. dr. manny coming up on that. bill: maybe watching tv isn't all that bad, huh? wait until you hear why the 17-year-old survived two nights lost on a mountain in subzero temperatures. freezing it was. >

he says you're either with us or against us and if you're with tripoli, you're us. just take a moment and take a while, but eventually they do. >> the final presentation comes with adam winkler as he discusses gunfight, battle of the right to bear arms in america. he explains that the nra is important to the gun control debate. >> is hard to have a discussion of guns, gun rights and control without talking about the nra. in the past week on the nra has been in the news because herman cain is to be president and in texas when you say a nra, only the national rifle association. can you get historical background on the nra and guns and gun control? i read that it was once a supporter of gun control. can you explain not? >> yeah, he nra is known for being a rarely compromising opponent of gun control. but it wasn't always this way. the organization was founded after the civil war by soldiers who were convinced that union marksmanship is why the war had lasted so long and wanted to improve marksmanship training. the 1920s and 30s, the nra went undrafted in inverse gun co

tensions are on the rise and have turned into clashes in some areas, like northern tripoli. the war is raging with no end very ht and that makes is difficult to see the lebanese factions coming together at a time in other forces in the area are mobilidesing for more confrontation. >> teams are searching what is left of a refugee camp in thailand after fire killed more than 42 people. the fire swept through the camp over night. about 100 thatched huts were destroyed in the blaze, thought to have been caused by a cooking accident. more than 3,000 refugees lived in the camp. they fled fighting in myanmar. and at least 20 people have been killed since violence broke out wednesday between budists and minority muslims. whole neighborhoods have been burned down as rival groups with knives and sticks rioted. over 2,000 people are living in temporary shelters because of the violence. now, for the first time, two ving leaders of the catholic choimp have met. pope francis is and pope benedict talked in a closed doors encounter outside rome. >> he greeted the -- pope francis as he got o

for tripoli the top stories on al jazeera, iraqi police say at least 12 people have been killed in a series of blasts and a gun fight baghdad. the explosions hit during rush hour in a heavily fortified area which is home to several ministries and foreign embassies. pope francis has become his first day as leader of the roman catholic church by leading pairs at the basilica in rome. he is the first ever latin america pontiff -- leading prayers at the basilica in rome. he is the first ever latin america and pontiff. -- latin american pontiff. benjamin netanyahu's new coalition. , kim jong-'s leader un, has overseen a live fire military drill near this disputed border. the area is described as a hotspot. the exercise was held just days after north korea threatened to wipe out a south korean island. it is official. china has a new president. xi jinping has been formally approved to take over from hu jintao. he was named chief of the communist arty in november. his new title gives him power over chinese -- the chinese army. he will tackle corruption at every level of the government and ha

. >> the city in tripoli and northern lebanon. it mirrors the conflict across the border. most people here support one side or the other in the syrian conflict. the city's hospital treat lots of wounded serious, many of them fighters. in room 103, a rebel fighter is being treated for wounds he got in an ambush from hezbollah troops. he says he and his fellow rebels did not have enough weapons. four of them were killed, 11 wounded. he says he has no faith that diplomacy can end the conflict in syria. >> the only solution that is left is a military solution. if somebody kills my mother or my sister or my father right in front of me, then i have to avenge their deaths. >> meanwhile, business is booming for the small-time weapons dealer. there is yet another client on the telephone. demand is huge, and the syrian war means big money for soldiers in lebanon, and other countries, too. a protest against government plans to reform the country's massive subsidies and pension systems. led by the nation's two largest labour unions, demonstrators called on the prime minister to step d

of 30 inoking at highs tripoli. further south across central parts of africa, heavy rain across parts of somalia in towards ethiopia and also a few showers expected further west. i think we did see one or two showers, highs of 31 degrees. the heaviest rain is expected to cross angola and the democratic republic of congo. -- only on link tv. recap ofget a quick stores. the funeral of an influential supporter of the syrian president has taken place in damascus. he was a sunni cleric well known broadcasting on state tv every friday. he was killed on thursday in a bomb attack. the president of cyprus is expected to go to brussels on saturday to present international creditors with a new bailout proposal after parliament approve measures on friday to try to avoid bankruptcy and to get and you rescue package. in pakistan, supporters of the cricketer turned politician are holding a rally. the country is getting ready for a new election in may. barack obama is going to return to washington later on saturday, ending his midd

tripoli, tragedy right ahead of this system, in benghazi, 23 degrees through here. . lagos, the rain will continue. heavy thunderstorms just off the coast and we expect a temperature of about 31. >> welcome back. the headlines on al jazeera -- barack obama has arrived in tel levied on as first visit to israel as u.s. president. obama is due to visit jerusalem shortly. south korea's army raised its alert level after a suspect it cyber attack from north korea. three major tv stations and two banks affected. the president of cyprus is holding an emergency meeting after mp's rejected a tax on people's savings. organization is investigating reports that chemical warfare in northern syria -- of that chemical warfare and northern syria. both sides are accusing the other of launching a chemical attack. but some observers say it is all just propaganda. tv show casualties from a rocket attack filling the emergency room at the aleppo university hospital. >> powder came out of the rocket. any of those who came to inhale the powder had fallen to the ground. >> we believe it was ph

journalism in post arab spring libya feels the force of uncontrolled armed militias tripoli doesn't storm the t.v. station through its office windows and kidnap its staff as report online. also there and knew had for the operators of the disastrous for your power plant involving hundreds of tonnes of ground water leaking into the damaged reactor building every day. twitter is one of the fastest ways to share your thoughts on line and could prove a huge resource for future generations to study science agreed for the massive archive of micro blogs to be stored at the u.s. library of congress for research purposes but it's two years on and it's still inaccessible as liz walls been finding out. it's part of the social media landscape that has revolutionized the way we communicate. twitter allows users to broadcast their thoughts one hundred forty characters at a time. from the very first tweet to declaring historic presidential victories to the downright dumb all of it has been stored at the library of congress what the popularity of smart phones and i pads users can tweet pretty much anywher

and journalism and post arab spring libya feels the force of uncontrolled armed militias in tripoli doesn't go on the t.v. station through its office windows and kidnapped its staff as we report online also there and you had a for the operators of a disastrous for a nuclear power plant involving hundreds of towns of ground water leaking into the damaged reactor building every day. now there is a shadow of apartheid and israel palestinians commuting from the west bank are now urged to board special buses they were a lot this week by the transport ministry after some jewish settlers fear their safety was at risk as well as the racist overtones policy reports on how the roots of the problem go deeper. on the first of december one nine hundred fifty five a black woman by the name of rosa parks made history by refusing to give up her seat in the so-called colored six in of a crowded bus in montgomery alabama that incident became a formative event in the u.s. civil rights movement and again this week israelis and palestinians are remembering that incident as the transport ministry introduces segr

>> he told me literally on the eve of his departure to go to tripoli in order to talk with people thathey are doing everything they can within the f.b.i. to conduct their investigation and to lay the groundwork in order to be able to bring justice. >> reporter: we are six months out? >> justice sometimes takes a while when you operated by high standards and when you need the levels of evidence that we do. we are working at it and continue to work at it. >> reporter: as the tenth anniversary of the iraq war nears, i asked him if he still believes it was a mistake? >> i believe that getting our troops out of iraq which is what the president did was right thing to do. if you talk to almost anybody here in the region as i have in the last days, turning the region up side down in a way that that did has created serious security challenges for people throughout this region. think we can be proud of what we achieved. i think our troops did a stunning job. >> and president bush? >> he deserves for troops going in but different issues about the choice going in, but they have given the iraqis to

walking the streets in tripoli.son in tunisia that it took the fbi five weeks on the ground to even talk to him for three hours. there is another person expect connected to it in egypt. we have given egypt, what was it 250 million last week when kerry was there, a total of over 60 billion for last numbers of years and we can't get access to that individual. really the fbi has been given an impossible task. can you imagine fbi going up to a door in benghazi, fbi we'll take you away? it is an impossible task. the only way to get to the bottom of this is to have a select committee. if congress wants to know, they have to change things, a select committee. subpoena and secondly, the american people will never know if there is not a select committee. martha: there are some people in congress who think people like you should just let go of this, let go of this story. they think it is what it is. things got out of control. it is a very tumultuous country, difficult part of the world, these things happen, that's what they w

if confirmed she would head the diplomatic mission in tripoli where we have seen increased tensions ande ambassador stevens' murder. florida's lt. governor abruptly resigned on wednesday after the feds linked her to illegal gambling ring. the republican governor rick scott said he accepted jennifer carroll's resignation. she stepped down hours before federal and state announced they have charged 57 people in an alleged conspiracy. they say the suspects posed as a nonprofit charity to help veterans but in reality, lined their own pockets. officials say the group operated illegal casinos in several states, all disguised as internet cafes. the now former lt. governor is not charged with anything. she was the co-owner of a public relations firm that did work for that group. she says she is cooperating and fully with the investigation. there had been some speculation that an american cardinal could become pope. of course that didn't happen this time so. how our u.s. cardinals. we're live in new york's famous saint patrick's cathedral when the fox report returns tonight live from rome. 4g, hu

finallyed states has reached an agreement tripoli hand over its main detention penalty in cobbled tofghan up -- to afghan authorities. it has been a tension on both sides for some months. >> the head over puts the largest prison run by u.s. forces into afghan hands. last year, the u.s. transferred part of the facility and most detainee's, more than 3000, to afghan control. not all. that made hamid karzai in great. your repeatedly demanded that the prison be handed over. i urge you to stand with me and say that karzai is right and we want to take responsibility for the present and those who are innocent should be released. >> that is what worries u.s. officials, that the afghan government would set free some or all of several dozen detainees still in u.s. hands. >> the americans want assurances that people they feel are dangerous says -- they feel are dangerous, that they will not be released onto the battlefield. they are worried about an afghan state that has a history of releasing such men. officialsand u.s. disagree on the tournament -- detention. ,> dangerous individuals individu

>> he told me literally on the eve of his departure to go to tripoli in order to talk with people that they are doing everything they can within the f.b.i. to conduct their investigation and to lay the groundwork in order to be able to bring justice. >> reporter: we are six months out? >> justice sometimes takes a while when you operated by high standards and when you need the levels of evidence that we do. we are working at it and continue to work at it. >> reporter: as the tenth anniversary of the iraq war nears, i asked him if he still believes it was a mistake? >> i believe that getting our troops out of iraq which is what the president did was right thing to do. if you talk to almost anybody here in the region as i have in the last days, turning the region up side down in a way that that did has created serious security challenges for people throughout this region. think we can be proud of what we achieved. i think our troops did a stunning job. >> and president bush? >> he deserves for troops going in but different issues about the choice going in, but they have given the iraqis

. >> they were in -- they were in tripoli for a good long time waiting to go in. >> but into tunisia, too. because of the attack on the embassy in tunisia on i think it was september 14 three days later. >> judge jeanine: really? five weeks and we give tunisia $320 million? and finally. abu jamal set up the train camps in north africa for terrorists. we he haven't spoken to him either. >> when i egypt i gave them a letter specifically asking president morrisey to allow the fbi to interview the person they have in custody. has the fbi been given access to the individual jamal? egypt? >> no, not yet. >> and just last week secretary of state kerry gave the egyptians $250 million and last month a few f-16s to boot. now, cia director john brennan says we need to respect those countries and let them do their job. >> we press our partners and foreign governments to hold individuals and to allow us access to it. sometimes their laws do not allow you that to happen. i think the united states government has to respect these governments' right to in fact enforce their laws appropriately. >> judg

. >> there were in tripoli for a long time waiting to go in. >> in tunisia as well. >> because of the attack on the embassy in tunisia on september 14, three days later. >> and we give to each of $320 million a year in federal aid. tunisia $320 million. think it is unacceptable. we lost four individuals who gave their lives serving our country and some. have been some the thought that our government will give that foreign aid to the morsi government and not have the fbi and being given the access to that individual to is unacceptable. if you could keep the committee informed on the progress of the morsi government giving you access, i would appreciate it,. ann patterson told me she would raise it and she told me secretary kerry was going to raise it. i don't know if he did. if you could let me know in a week or two. >> i will do that. on friday, a federal judge in california declared the fbi oppose the use of national security letters unconstitutional,. i assume the department will pursue an appeal. do you have any comment on the fbi's use of national security national-security letter

into the attack they put up a social media message and said they were going to attack our embassy in tripoli. so it's pretty hard to think that they weren't involved in this. and somebody we have to deal with there in eastern libya. >> all right. so you believe that they are. obviously as susan was reporting at this point, and obviously it's preliminary, but there is no evidence that this man is actually linked to that militant group. the bottom line question is this, though. you say at least a dozen or more than a dozen, your words exactly. will the people who did this attack ever be brought to justice? it is now almost six months to the day after it happened. if a lot of them were local and they're in a militant group that still there and they haven't been brought to justice by now, why would we ever think they would be? >> every hour that goes by, it's less and less likely. this is the most positive development that i've seen in the last six months. this potentially has a lot of legs. i'm relying totally on what i read there at cnn.com. but i got to believe that this is a step and a move

. >> they were and tripoli for a long time. in tunisia. i hope i would have the support of the committee when we mark up. i think it is unacceptable. we lost four individuals who gave their life serving our country. the very thought that our problem will give the foreign aid to the morsi government and not having the fbi having access to that individual is unacceptable. anne patterson told issue would raise it to thomas secretary kerry was going to raise it. >> on friday, a federal judge in california to declare the letters unconstitutional. do you have any comment on the fbi's use of national security letters and your use of them as a tool. >> they are a critical tool establishing a predicate -- they are essential tools in terms of establishing a predicate. without them, we would be working with one hand tied behind our backs. it has been addressed elsewhere. i know she has stayed the ruling so that an appeal can be taken. second circuit address the same the actionsund that to the way we're operating under that particular statute it via t

. >> i have questions about the person of interest in tripoli.ot discovered a body that it has been a year later. >> on saturday the search for sierra will resume falling a special tribute to her at the start center in morgan hill after that as they have every week for the past year volunteers will go out into the countryside. sierras mother says she's not giving up until sierra comes on. >> the concert scheduled for today at the san francisco symphony has been cancelled. so that shows throughout the week end. the reason a walkout by the musicians. >> they're picketing and have been without a contract since the end of november. they say despite being the third highest a symphony musicians in the country with a median salary of $160,000, they still falling average of $7,500 behind. colleagues in chicago and los angeles. >> because right now the san francisco symphony is on strike we are withholding services until further notice. in several orchestras including los angeles which is pro with a close a sister city. their weight is about 5% higher. th

. >> with regard to the investigation, since this occurred, we have had teams on the ground in tripoli and elsewhere around the world conducting the investigation. with regard to the cooperation of the libyan authorities, there is a willingness exhibited by their actions to cooperate. however, it is difficult particularly in benghazi. we have received cooperation from the libyan authorities to continue to coordinate with them. i will say the investigation had not been stymied. i believe we will prove to be fruitful. >> thank you very much. the next four. senator rockefeller. >> thank you, madam chair. i cannot help, director clapper and john brennan, bring up the subject saxby did in his opening comments. talk was just given about a good relationship between the intelligence community and congress. what happened over the last couple weeks was -- is a threat. betweenthreat to trust us and you, us towards you, you towards us. wet basically happened was were given certain things which we requested primarily because you are up for confirmation had we not been given those things which we re

ambassador stevens as you know was killed in that brutal attack on our consulate in tripoli on september be confirmed by the. >>, by the senate, that is choice of president obama who has named her the new ambassador to libya. jenna: i'm sorry, jon. with this shaking of my head. we were trying to decide how many votes have actually happened over the last several hours. here's why there can be some confusion. last night we had the first vote. and this morning there were two rounds of voting that take place. so you have two rounds of votes in the morning and usually two rounds in the evening some this morning there were two rounds of votes but only chimney shot that showed the smoke released. because if they're able to find a pope in the first round of vote we would see white smoke come out. since they could not find a pope in the two rounds, we see black. so what we're seeing here is, we believe that they started voting about an hour ago and maybe toward the end of that first round of voting f we see smoke sooner rather than later, there is the likelihood in that first round of voting a po

the libyan 17th february brigade, embassy in tripoli and the diplomatic security command center in washingtonund 10:00 p.m. a surveillance drone begins to hover over the consulate and beams back live pictures to washington. back here in the main residence the special agent, reportedly david ubin comes here and gets ambassador stevens from his bedroom and brings him along with sean smith to the room in the safe haven. aside for medicine and other supplies, a big, dark windowless closet. then, outside, a locked gate. hoped for security. you bin radios others as to his whereabouts. the scene at the compound is erupting in gunfire and explosions. martha: what a frightening sequence of events. when you go back to that night and listen to it, think about the fact that he asked for more security and was denied. that extra security but there are people that know what happened. 33 people were evacuated from there. three of them were diplomatic security that are injured. we think that secretary of state john kerry may have spoken with one of them or perhaps hillary clinton visited at walter reed and sp

able to recount the great feats of some of our services such as the marine corps, from the shores of tripoli to bellawood to gauto canale without mentioning the great feats of our marines in places like fallujah. when recounting the special operation forces, credit has to be given to the navy seals in iraq ding those perilous moments. so with honor, tenacity d distinction, we thank you, the american service member, for the sacrifices you made on behalf of our country. and for those who gave the last full measure of devotion, you have earned a place in the pantheon of america's greatest heroes. we thank you for your service and your sacrifice and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlen's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, for five minutes. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. without objection. mr. mcdeott: mr. speer, after a painful decade of war, the united states needs to take the time to regain its ual libry up and find -- equalibrium

. >> they were and tripoli for a long time. .n tunisia i hope i would have the support of the committee but we mark up. i think it is unacceptable. we lost four individuals who gave their life serving our country. the very thought that our problem will give the foreign aid to the morsi government and not having the fbi having access to that individual is unacceptable. anne patterson told issue would secretaryo thomas kerry was going to raise it. >> on friday, a federal judge in california to clear the -- declare the letters unconstitutional. on thehave any comment fbi's use of national security letters and your use of them as a tool. the article told in terms of establishing a predicate -- they are essential tools of in terms of establishing a predicate. without them, we would be working without - with one hand tied behind our backs. could just invent a stethoscope stayed the ruling it has been addressed elsewhere. my expectation is it is addressed. it is an essential tool. >> how essential -- what would ifthe circumstances if it -- the ruling were upheld? a it would dry up substantial

. >> with regard to the investigation, since this occurred, we have had teams on the ground in tripoli and elsewhere around the world conducting the investigation. with regard to the cooperation of the libyan authorities, there is a willingness exhibited by their actions to cooperate. however, it is difficult particularly in benghazi. we have received cooperation from the libyan authorities to continue to coordinate with them. i will say the investigation had not been stymied. i believe we will prove to be fruitful. >> thank you very much. the next four. senator rockefeller. >> thank you, madame chair. i cannot help, director clapper and john brennan, bring up the subject saxby did in his opening comments. talk was just given about a good relationship between the intelligence community and congress. what happened over the last couple weeks was -- is a threat. it is a threat to trust between us and you, us towards you, you towards us. what basically happened was we were given certain things which we requested primarily because you are up for confirmation had we not been given those thin